Steve Fleming

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Random Musings: New Mediums Are All About The Learning Curve

This is the somewhat finished version of the painting I put up last week and I think it is an improvement.  What I am finding about working in this demanding medium is that although it is true you can keep covering up the under layers, there is a wrong way and a right way to do it.  I felt more comfortable with the process of finishing this painting than any of the oils that I have done up to this point.  I will continue to figure out how to work in this wonderful medium and because I believe part of my mission on this blog is to show the struggles of furthering myself as an artist and helping you all to do the same, I will post a lot of my oils to show you my journey.  I built up the texture in the front to bring it forward and to establish a sense of place.  I also worked on establishing the barn as the center of interest and not making it a cliche.  I also put a lot more light and form in the tree line.  I am pretty happy with this painting, but now I need to start a new one.  It never ends the process goes on everyday.

Oils

This is the somewhat finished version of the painting I put up last week and I think it is an improvement.  What I am finding about working in this demanding medium is that although it is true you can keep covering up the under layers, there is a wrong way and a right way to do it.  I felt more comfortable with the process of finishing this painting than any of the oils that I have done up to this point.  I will continue to figure out how to work in this wonderful medium and because I believe part of my mission on this blog is to show the struggles of furthering myself as an artist and helping you all to do the same, I will post a lot of my oils to show you my journey.  I built up the texture in the front to bring it forward and to establish a sense of place.  I also worked on establishing the barn as the center of interest and not making it a cliche.  I also put a lot more light and form in the tree line.  I am pretty happy with this painting, but now I need to start a new one.  It never ends the process goes on everyday.Here is the painting as I posted it last week, it was really flat and lacked the feeling of this lovely landscape.

1 Comments on “Random Musings: New Mediums Are All About The Learning Curve”

  1. Your process, especially in oils, has been fascinating to watch, and the evolution of your paintings is most helpful! Thanks for the posts 🙂

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